Director receives Historical Society award

Big Horn Basin Foundation Director Jessica Lippincott was recently the recipient of the Henryetta Berry Memorial from the Wyoming State Historical Society.

Lippincott explained that the award is given out once a year to those who promote Wyoming history in the youth, and she received it for the dinosaur academy she teaches.

In order to be eligible for the award, Lippincott had to fill out an online application.

She was not aware of how many others were in the running for the award, and found out a week ago that she was selected. She was officially presented the award at a State Historical Society luncheon Saturday.

Lippincott explained the dinosaur academy is a weeklong program for high school students, who learn about subjects such as geology and paleontology while they earn two college credits.